Speedball

    (Marvel, 1988-1989)
™ and ©1988 Marvel Entertainment Group

Robbie Benson was a teenager, not quite old enough to have his learner’s permit to drive. His father, a district attorney, wanted him to study the law in college. His mother, a former star of the stage, wanted him to get involved in the arts. For now, Robbie just worked after school sweeping up at the laboratory of Doctor Hammond. One day, Robbie decided to secretly observe an experiment that the doctor was conducting—an experiment that inadvertently released a strange energy from the warp. This energy struck Robbie, who later discovered that whenever he hit anything hard, the kinetic energy rebounded with increasing force, turning him into the human jumping bean super-hero known as Speedball.

Although he first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man annual #22, this title served as the first real introduction to the bouncing boy super-hero. Afterward, Speedball would become famous as a member of the New Warriors.
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#1

September, 1988
Cover Price: $0.75
19 copies available from $0.99 		Steve Ditko, Tom DeFalco, Roger SternSteve Ditko
#1 (Newsstand Edition by Steve Ditko)

September, 1988
Cover Price: $0.75
1 copy available for $14.99 		Steve Ditko, Tom DeFalco, Roger SternSteve Ditko
#2

October, 1988
Cover Price: $0.75
13 copies available from $0.99 		Roger Stern, Steve Ditko, Tom DeFalcoSteve Ditko
#3

November, 1988
Cover Price: $0.75
9 copies available from $1.75 		Steve Ditko, Roger Stern, Mary Jo DuffySteve Ditko
#3 (Newsstand Edition by Steve Ditko)

November, 1988
Cover Price: $0.75
1 copy available for $1.99 		Steve Ditko, Roger Stern, Mary Jo DuffySteve Ditko
#4

December, 1988
Cover Price: $0.75
10 copies available from $0.99 		Roger Stern, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
#5

January, 1989
Cover Price: $0.75
6 copies available from $1.75 		Steve Ditko, Roger Stern, Mary Jo DuffySteve Ditko
#6

February, 1989
Cover Price: $0.75
6 copies available from $3.00 		Steve Ditko, Roger Stern, Mary Jo DuffySteve Ditko
#7

March, 1989
Cover Price: $0.75
7 copies available from $1.50 		Steve Ditko, Roger Stern, Mary Jo DuffySteve Ditko
#8

April, 1989
Cover Price: $0.75
8 copies available from $0.99 		Steve Ditko, Roger Stern, Mary Jo DuffySteve Ditko
#9

May, 1989
Cover Price: $0.75
8 copies available from $1.50 		Steve Ditko, Mary Jo DuffySteve Ditko
#10

June, 1989
Cover Price: $0.75
6 copies available from $2.98 		Steve Ditko, Mary Jo DuffySteve Ditko